In Hunan, "Hibiscus country all sunshine", talking about Changsha, Xiangtan, Yueyang, Zhangjiajie, almost no one knows, no one knows. If you talk about Loudi, I'm afraid many people have to shake their heads. Yes, in order to famous mountains and water, famous buildings and temples, famous cities and celebrities known in the world of Hunan, rich and deep cultural heritage, natural resources, beautiful and peculiar, brilliant as the stars, Loudi seems to be insignificant.
Loudi is not like Changsha, with the famous master of science Zhu Xi lectured here, by the Song Zhenzong's handwriting, "but Chu has the material, in this for Sheng," the couplet of Yuelu Academy; not like Xiangtan as the center of Shaoshan, "the cradle of the revolution, the leader's hometown! "; neither like Yueyang has a famous, for the world to recite "the world's worries and worries, after the world's happiness and joy" famous sentence Yueyang Tower; not like Zhangjiajie has a world rare, was included in the UNESCO "World Natural Heritage List" of the quartz sandstone peaks and forests landscapes ...... So what does Loudi have?
Loudi like an ancient wire-bound book, although the cover is very simple and inconspicuous, but as long as you dive down to read, you will be y attracted.
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Loudi City is located in central Hunan Province, is the central transportation hub of Hunan, Hunan's industrial town, with a total area of 8,117 square kilometers and a population of 4 million. As early as 4,000 years ago in the Xia Dynasty, there is an establishment here. According to legend, the two lucky stars "Lou" and "氐" are reflected in the sky, so it is called Loudi. Loudi Qin belongs to Changsha County; Ming, Qing belongs to Changsha Prefecture, Baoqing Prefecture; the first year of the Republic of China (1912), belongs to the Changbao Road; Republic of China in 11 years (1922), canceled the Road system directly under the Hunan Province; 1949, the early days of the founding of the new China, the realm of the Yiyang Prefecture and Shaoyang Prefecture; February 1960, the establishment of the city of Loudi and Lengshuijiang City, belonging to the Shaoyang Prefecture.1962 October, the revocation of Lengshuijiang City and Loudi City, respectively, merged into Xinhua County and Lianyuan County; in July 1980, the State Council approved the restoration of Loudi City; in January 1999, approved by the State Council, the abolition of Loudi area, the establishment of prefecture-level Loudi City.
A city, characterized by the accumulation of culture is its soul and essence, with it will appear colorful and rich in life and characteristics. Loudi is the birthplace of Meishan culture, in order to trace the roots, I in the history of the pile of paper, looking for the remains of Meishan culture. I saw the Yao and Miao ancestors from the depths of ancient times, from the beacon fire, killing and shouting in the shadow of the sword. According to legend, the ancestors of Yao and Miao are the descendants of Pangu, belonging to the alliance of three Miao and Jiu Li tribes. The earliest lived in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and in the course of their westward advancement, wars were fought with the eastward expanding Yellow Emperor tribal alliance and the Yan Huang tribal alliance. After losing the Battle of Zhuo Lu, most of the Jiu Li Alliance was forced to migrate southward. They came to Meishan (the area of Xinhua under Loudi nowadays) to settle down after a long and difficult journey. Meishan area due to the high mountains and dense forests, the people's strong style, the relative closure of the living space and the relative independence of the community, so that the people here live a primitive farming and fishing and hunting life, the formation of a strong color of the witch culture of the primitive, closed Meishan culture. Meishan culture is a unique regional folk culture structured by ancient fishing and hunting culture and expressed in the form of strange witchcraft activities. According to the archaeological discoveries in Hunan, about 9,000 years ago, the ancestors living in the four water basins of Xiang, Zi, Yuan and Li around Dongting Lake had already formed the prototype of farming culture based on primitive agriculture. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Hunan was incorporated into the state of Chu, and the culture of the Central Plains was fused with the local culture, resulting in the formation of the unique Hunan-Chu culture. In the Qin Dynasty, Xiangchu culture was further exchanged with other cultures, which made Xiangchu culture develop even more brilliantly.
Since the beginning of mankind, there has been culture.
People create culture; in turn, culture shapes people. The course of Meishan culture undoubtedly confirms this simple and plain truth. Nurtured in the ancient barbarians in the Meishan culture, in the long river of history, touched the cultivation of "hard work, hard work, fearless, plagiarism, the courage to sacrifice," the Meishan spirit, nurturing generation after generation of aspiring people. Such as the Ming Dynasty "clean law of the dynasty to stay in history," Zou Tingwang; Qing Dynasty "inspection of the canal, as much as possible to reform the bad rules; water conservancy, the people were y benefited by" Tao Shu; "a lifetime of advocating change and innovation, unity against the invasion, the proposed division of the barbarians long skills to control the barbarians! "Wei Yuan;" "cheap salary, all to do public welfare, no selfishness" You Zhikai; democratic revolution pioneers Chen Tianhua, Tan Renfeng; the first from the German translation of the **** Proletarian Manifesto Cheng Fangwu; anti-Japanese general Chen Zhengxiang; internationalist soldiers Luo Shengjiao, etc., Meishan culture has given them a strong bones, the spirit of Thucydides The Meishan culture has given them the spirit of strong bones and strong winds, making them the elites of the nation. Meishan culture is a brilliant pearl in Hunan and Chu culture, the study of China's local history has a great role to play, but also to fill a lot of blanks in the study of folk culture, it is for the study of ethnology, sociology, history, religion and other areas of research have a very important reference significance, and its influence, radiating at home and abroad.
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When it comes to elites, we can't help but mention an important figure - Zeng Guofan. Known as the late Qing dynasty "first minister" Zeng Guofan is one of the most influential figures in Chinese history, he is from Loudi City, Shuangfeng County, a remote village to a scholar to Beijing to go to the examination, in the bachelor's degree to stay in the capital after ten years of the seven changes, rising ten levels, 37 years old, served as a minister of the Ministry of Rites, the official to the second grade. In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom swept across the land of Hunan and Chu, he set up in his hometown of a special militia Xiang army, after all the hardships for the Qing dynasty pacified the world, was named first-class Yongyi Marquis, became the first person in the Qing dynasty to the literati and sealed Marquis of the first person, and then served as Governor of the Liangjiang River, Governor of Zhili, the official in the first grade, after his death, posthumously, was awarded the title of "Wenzheng".
Zeng Guofan is China's modern history of the most prominent and most controversial figures, his life was a mixed reputation, both the "first minister of the Zhongxing" reputation, but also "traitor" notoriety. Until recent years, history has gradually restore a real Zeng Guofan. Objectively and fairly, Zeng Guofan was in the era of the Qing dynasty by the Qianjia flourishing into decline, decline, internal and external problems one after another in the turbulent times, due to Zeng Guofan and other people's efforts to save the tide, there was a time when the situation of "Tongzhi Zhongxing", he cleaned up the political style, advocating learning the Western world, open the "Tongzhi Zhongxing", so that the building was about to fall. ", so that the Qing dynasty is about to fall and then delayed for 60 years, its achievements can not be emulated, and his writings and ideas are equally far-reaching, and the future generations. And make it the last spiritual idol of Chinese feudal society. This influence not only worked at that time, but also has been extended to the present day. Historical sources tell us that all kinds of characters in the stage of modern Chinese history, whether positive or negative, have been influenced by Zeng Guofan to varying degrees. Mao Zedong in his youth once said: "I am fooled by the recent people, only served Zeng Wenzheng." This shows the great influence of Zeng Guofan. In particular, he left behind the "Zeng Guofan's Family Letters", which basically includes the main ideas of Zeng Guofan's life. Zeng's family letter line calm and collected, the form of freedom, as you think to, waving the pen freely, in the ordinary family matters contain true knowledge and good words. It is a thinker's experience of observing the world's people; a scholar's experience of reading and studying; a successful person's experience of struggling for a career; and it is the exposure of the spiritual world of a big man with thousands of gaps in his chest. Although Zeng's writings have been handed down too little, but only a family book is enough to reflect his academic attainments and moral cultivation, thus winning the title of "moral articles crowned generation".
No matter what type of Zeng Guofan, how to comment, history is fair and objective. At least one thing is certain, Zeng Guofan on his historical period and the later generations of Chinese society, have had an important impact, whether personality, thinking and scholarship, the way to keep house, leading troops to fight, or literary contributions to that era and even now play an immeasurable role. "Cultivate one's moral character, unify one's family, rule the country, and pacify the world," Tseng Kuo-fan said so, and acted so. He was strict in his life in the military, family, cultivation, and nourishment, and practiced the highest pursuit of the feudal scholars of merit, speech, and morality, so he was revered as a model of moral cultivation by later generations.
One side of the landscape raises one side of the people. People, the Loudi mountains and waters of the spirit of Yuxiu nurtured generations of talent, in addition to Zeng Guofan, there is the late Qing dynasty famous diplomat Zeng Jize, the pioneers of the Xinhai Revolution, Chen Tianhua, the early leaders of the Chinese ****productivity party Cai Hesen, Cai Chang siblings, international ****productivity fighters Luo Shengjiao, the revolutionary educator into the imitation of the Wu and so a large number of people who have used their own personal experience in the long history of a song! touching chapters in the long history. If it is not a special historical conditions of distortion, Loudi should have long been a reputation, because, because of the name of the place, there is a Tseng Kuo-fan, it is enough to make people impressed with this piece of landscape in Loudi.
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In addition to talent, Loudi has a wealth of mineral resources, known as the world's antimony capital, a hundred miles of coal sea, ten miles of steel city and non-ferrous metal township reputation. Proven mining deposits up to 48 kinds, and large reserves, high grade. Antimony ore reserves ranked first in the world, coal reserves ranked second in the province, gypsum, graphite, barite, marble and other non-metallic mineral deposits in Hunan and the country's top.
Loudi's geographic location, convenient transportation, since ancient times is the main strategic location of Hunan Province and the north-south access, east-west connecting the main thoroughfare. Transverse east-west Xiangqian Railway and north-south Lou Shao Railway such as a shiny silver shuttle, Loudi woven in the network to affluence. Shang (Hai) Rui (Li) Expressway - Tan Shao section of the full line opened, Loudi network into the provincial capital of Changsha as the center of the 1-hour economic circle, and a total investment of 200 million yuan of the completion of the Luo Zhan Railway more so that Loudi upgraded to the following Zhuzhou, Huaihua, Hunan, another transportation hub. 207 National Highway, State Road 320, and Loudi Lian (Loudi - Lianyuan) high-level highway, too Macao (Taiyuan - Macao) high-speed, Ning too! The completion of high-grade highway, more like a network of well-connected veins. The convenience of transportation, for the construction of Loudi's economy has laid a solid hardware foundation, provides a good development conditions.